The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-25

themselves are study sufficient to JUS
tify any lnQuiring person to pay them
visit. The water is just about as hot
as one can bear their hands in and are
situated on the banks of GallinaS river,
beautiful mountain stream, whose
waters are cold enough to satisfy the
most fastidious. But the best of all to
the way-Worn traveller Is the elaborate
arrangements for bathing purposes, as
you can take hot or cold bath In what
is said to be better than all the famous
mud baths. The mud often being
mixed with the hot water from the
SaS mud and no more inviting, and
yet it has performed some wonderful
cures for invalids.
/ cannot imagine a more inviting
place OF recreation and rest for the
tourist either in summer or winter
than the Las Vegas Hot Springs,
being almost surrounded by picturesque
mountains covered with nice growth
of evergreen trees of various sizes, and
! indulge in the very pleasant paStime of
catching mountain trout. A party of
three of us went up last week and after
taking care of our horse we commenced
business in that line, and about as
fast as we could take the fish of the
hook we took them out of the water,
until we began to think we were ex-
perts at the business, and we soon had
| over forty nice shiny fellows in our
bucket, and felt quite elated until
man not as green as we were came
along and saw them and casually re-
marked, ''What fine lot of clubs you
haVe!" To say that we were disguised
| is putting it very mild. But not at all
discouraged, we proceeded up stream,
over high mountain spurs and in the
mud along the banks. for half mile or
more until we we're sure we were in
the trout country, and we soon found
thought, and to end the chapter hard
rain came up and we got good soak
| ing and, creSt-fallen, we Waded
| the mud back to our carriage and
home rather Disguised with trout fish
| ing, and nary a trout. We find the
trouble was, we did not go far enough
up stream to find the fish we wanted,
but we got partially paid for all our
trouble by the grand scenery and
ward, with the beautiful stream dash
ing and splashing at the foot.
| But we were not satisfied with our
| trout experience, and on last Friday
evening we made up another party of
eight for real live camping and fishing
party of jolly fellows, consisting of
railroad conductors, real estate agents,
travelling men, express superintend-
ents, express agents, etc. We took the
train here at O'clock at night and ar
rived at Rome at 1870, chad previously
engaged teams), called up our team
Sters and about l O'Clock started by the
| light of the fading moon fifteen miles
over the mountains and hills and hOl-
lows to the fishing grounds. We had
two wagons, one span of small poor
ponies; the other, two poor small Texas
horses and five men to each wagon,
and one horse in each team was what
in Kansas would be called balky, so we
had to walk and push the wagons up
the mountains, and finally had to
double teams, but by real perseverance
and the hardest kind of Rush we made
the desired port on the top of one of
the Rocky Mountain ranges. We had
previously crossed a small branch
which we named Calf creek. Our
camping place was on ridge with Cow
creek on one side and Bull creek on the
other, but we think the junction of the
three would have been more prolific
(of fish,. We arrived at our camping
ground about sun up; after partaking
of hearty breakfast we divided the
crowd and plunging down the noun.
tain sides soon reached the plunging
dashing stream, about fifteen feet
wide, which could be crossed in MANY
places on the bare rocks, and looked very
little like catching fish. But with higf
expectations we cast in our lines anC
l tried hard to initiate experts in taking
, trout, but most of us could not even ge
nibble. But, as in climbing tn
mountains, We persevered, with poo
7 success the first half day, but tire
mendous rain and thunder storm drov
= us all into camp, wet, muddy and hun
CRY. After the rain we tried it again
and with much better success. Tha
e night we had to sleep in wagons and OF
: the ground in front of huge fire mad
of pine logs. I chose the ground by tn
fire, and we had to get up several time
to replenish the fire, as we were to
cold without it. Well, to make lon
story short, next day was better fish
ing and when all we're counted we ha'
h 564 mountain trout, and for fear you o
+ your readers will think that l am not
:, success at trout fishing, will say that
caught thirty-two nice speckled fel
q lows. But let me say that to go trout
d ing in the Rocky Mountain stream
e is not fine picnic, but rea
work, and of all the place
. for rain the mountains Cal
: excel, as l know by sad experience. 1
: came down in almost binding sheets
d accompanied by terrific peals of thun
der and vivid flashes of lightning; bu
of this enough.
s Of one thing 1 am surprised, tina
t Uncle Sam don't take the matter i
hand and make another grand park an
summer resort for those who are so un
fortunate as to live where the mercur
g gets away up in the nineties. TIL
e scenery is simply grand, covered wit
t fine forests of various kinds of ever
S green trees, as fine fishing as can reas
g onably be asked, plenty of bear, deel
= turkey and smaller game, nice water
falls, besides plenty of rich land wher
all the harder kinds of fruits and veg
etables can be grown successfully; anG
better still, within much easier reach o
the Santa Fe than the Yellowston
Park. Shall we have it for park?
did not know just how a real wild re
gion could look until wandered dow
into the dense forest, and, shall l sa
it, got skittish and retEaced my foot
steps nearer camp. But, with all m
exposure, my health is improving.
VERDA Mt